Improved slaw or cabbage-cutter



y lrtitrdtalw @at-wt @Wire DANIEL r. DIETRICH, or NoBL-Es'vILiLII, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 96,679, datedV November 9, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent -and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern: v

Beit known that I, DANIEL F. DIETRICH, of Noblesville, in the county of Hamilton, andin the State.

I will now proceed to describe its construct-ion andoperation,I referring to the annexed drawings, 'in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and

Figure 2 is a vertical ,section ofmy machine.

A represents the frame of' the machine, having on its upper side a hopper, B.

In this i'ame is placed the revolving hollow fi'ustum of a cone ora cylinder, C, which is open at the base, or one end, and closed at the other end.

The cylinder or cone G is, at its closed end,or apex, provided with a gudgeou, D, to which ,the-crank' E is attached, and it is, at the base, or open end, euoircled by a band or collar, u, which holdsit securely in its position.

vThe cylinder or cone C is provided vwith a series of longitudinal slots, of any desired width, and at. equal distances apart, in which slots the adjustable knives L L are pivoted, said knives or cutters being held in any position desired by means of the thumb-screws b l1, at the closed end ofthe cylinder.

The cross-pieces F F ofthe hopper B are made solid with the end-pieces, and` are supplied with gauges, G G, to correspond wit-h the depth of the cut, as regulated by the adjustable knives I I, ou the u cone orcylinder.

The cabbage or vegetables to be lcut are placed in the hopper, and held with one hand, while thecone'l or cylinder is tur'ned with the other, by the crank.'

By this simple arrangement, cabbage and other veg- I etables lcan' be cnt more neatly and evenly, and with much greater facility, than in the ordinary way, and a great anount of labor will. thus be saved.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to seem-e by Letters Patent, is

, The combination and arranfement of the frame A Awit-h hopper B, cylinder (j, gudgeou D, crank E, ad#

justableknives I I, screws b b, and gauges G G, all construct-ed and operating in the manner and for t-he purposes herein .set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I hz'we hereunto set my hand, this 11th day of September,

4 .DANIEL F. DIETRICH,

vfitnessesz E. M. MORRISON, F. M. TnIssAL. 

